. >> bells tolled in newtown, connecticut and aconsiders the nation today exactly a week after the shady hook school massacre. the bells followed a moment of silence at 9:30 eastern time, when the gunman began his rampage ending with 26 people dead, 20 children. the president honored the mom of silence behind closed doors after releasing a tweet saying 20 beautiful children and six remarkable adults we'll carry on and make our country worthy of their memory. >> officials at nra broke their silence today on the newtown tragedy. >> nra chief expressed condolences to the shooting victims and families then offered his organization's plan for dealing with gun violence, the nra solution is post an armed police officer in every american school. >> the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> he went on to blame america's gun violence on video games and new media, which he accused of misreporting facts about prior arms. he was inrupted twice by protestors holding banners blaming the nra for killing children. >> we've been getting reaction from law enforcement schoo